Capital
3 Central 0
National
Women's League
Petone
Memorial
Att :
about 100
Another
fantastic day in Wellington, another National League game on,
this
time the Women's version.
Last
season was one to forget for Capital, a very young side with a coach
that only lasted a couple of games before Wendi Henderson stepped
into steady the ship resulted in a 6th place finish with
only 1 win. Central didn't fair much better finishing 1 point behind
Capital also with just 1 win.
Capital
this season have new co-coaches in Emma Evans & Sam Morrisery
(although Sam was away with his other job, the Petone U19 girls at
the Coastal Spirit tournament). The majority of the squad are the
same as last season but now a year older and with more experience
including U17 World Cup experience for Maggie Jenkins, Fran Grange &
Emma Main. They have also added to the squad, most significantly with
the return of Briar Palmer. I hadn't seen Palmer play but had seen
comments from NZ Women's football guru, Jeremy Ruane and Enzo at In
the back of the net that she was a quality signing.
And so
it proved, Palmer's penetrating runs had Central on the back foot from
the start and Capital could have easily been 3-0 up after 10 minutes
but a combination of the bar and good saves from Central's Brooke
Wylie kept the score at 0-0.
It was
the 26th minute when Capital opened the scoring after a
goalmouth scramble which is a lot easier to describe through these
photos than words.
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| Capital's Michaela Robertson's shot hits the post : The Journey Fan |
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| Central's Kate Barnett lunges at the ball : The JourneyFan |
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| ..and makes a crucial block on the goal line : The JourneyFan |
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| Now Capital's Mikela Hunt (18) has a shot : The JourneyFan |
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| Which is saved by Central's Brooke Wylie : The JourneyFan |
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| But she can't stop Emma Main's (out of pic) return shot 1-0 Capital : The JourneyFan |
2
minutes later a Maggie Jenkins free kick on the edge of the area
sailed into the top corner and it was 2-0.
10
minutes later it was 3-0 when Michaela Robertson got a knee to a
Briar Palmer cross.
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| Michaela Robertson gets a knee to the ball for Capitals 3rd goal : The JourneyFan |
The
first half had been all Capital, on the few occasions Central made it
into the Capital half they were easily dealt with by the sold Capital
defence.
The
second half was a lot more even, Central changed their tactics and
pushed their defensive line up which stopped Capital dominating the
midfield as they had in the first half and also ended up with
capitals forwards getting caught offside a fair bit.
Despite
this and a couple of wobbles from Natasha Ingram in the Capital goal,
Capital looked fairly comfortable and in the last 20 minutes as
Central tired more they had several chances to increase the score.
Although it seemed as if Central had imposed a force field around the
goal as the ball did not want to go into the net. We even got to see
the rare happening of Michaela Robertson winning a header, although
how she missed the goal I don't think even she would know!
So a
great first half from Capital, followed by a 2nd half
which will give the coaches things to work on, but a lot more
positive this season than last and who knows if they can keep up
playing like they did in the first half they will be a match for the
likes of Northern and Pride.
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| Capital's Briar Palmer & Central's Jenna Barry : The JourneyFan |
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